Someone is Turning 55 on the 17th

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Someone in our litte community is turning 55 tomorrow (January 17).

The thing is, I'm not sure how they feel about this 'milestone' given that 55 may be considered by some to be old where as others would consider it young.

So rather than 'out' him or her I thought that I'd start a thread where we could post some facts and trivia about the number 55 for this person's benefit.

I'll start with.............

• 55 is the largest triangular number in the Fibonacci sequence.
• Cesium has an atomic number of 55
• you qualify for a Senior Citizen's discount when you hit 55 in most areas of Canada
• 55 is the number of delegates who attended the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787
• 55 years married is the emerald wedding anniversary
• 55 is te code for international direct dial phone calls to Brazil
• The designation of I-55, a freeway that runs from LouisianaIllinois to
• 55 is Restaurant slang for root beer
• 55 is the number of Sacha Baron Cohen's character, Jean Girard, in the 2006 film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. In real life, however, it is the number of Michael Waltrip
• In 1973, Spiro Agnew, resigned the Vice Presidency at age 55
• In sports, the jersey number, "55" ,is also know as "Double Nickels" or "Double Nicks".
• In the dice game, craps, if you roll two 5's or a "55" this is commonly known as a hard 10 or double nickels.
• Pablo Picasso completed his "Guernica" in 1937, at age 55
• 55 Days at Peking starred Charlton Heston and David Niven
• Britvic 55 , is a soft drinks brand in the UK
• There are 55 languages recorded on the Voyager Golden Record
• On January 17, 2008 ????? turns 55

Does anyone have any other 55 trivia to add???

Oh Yeah........................Happy Birthday to the one who shall, for the time being, remain nameless